Layering bass sounds and side chaining

Now that I've chosen my bass sound and my bassline, it's time to pulse the track…a bit more by adding a secondary or supporting bassline.…This might be a few extra notes with a different sound that plays off the main…bassline or it might be an actual literal doubling of the main bassline.…It all depends on how it flows with the primary bassline,…the drums and the vocals.…So let's go ahead and open up the ES1 and I will select Software Instrument and…underneath the pull-down menu, I will select ES1 Stereo.…

Now I know the presets within the ES1 pretty well.…So I am going to pull down the menu here and choose a lead sound.…But I'm actually going to play it in the lower register, so it functions as a…supporting bass sound.…This is something that I actually enjoy doing.…Just because a synth preset is categorized as a lead sound doesn't mean you…can't use it in its lower register as a bass sound or vice-versa.…A bass sound could be used as a lead sound.…

So this is called Super Fat Moog.…(Music playing)…

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12/1/2011

In this course, author Josh Harris demonstrates constructing a remix using only a pre-existing vocal track as a starting point. The course shows how to time-stretch vocals, offers suggestions for establishing a musical direction, and explains how to audition and layer Apple loops. The course also covers programming beats using synths, generating vocal samples, arranging the remix, and creating master-quality final mixes.